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Sonya Dorman

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by George J. Dance

Sonya Dorman Hess (April 6, 1924 - February 14, 2005), who mainly published as Sonya Dorman, was an American poet and science fiction writer.[1]

Sonya Dorman (1924-2005), circ 1975. Courtesy ISFDB.

Sonya Dorman (1924-2005), circ 1975. Courtesy ISFDB.

Life[]

Dorman was born in New York City in 1924 and died in Taos, New Mexico at the age of 80.

Writing[]

She is perhaps best known outside of the world of science fiction as a poet.

She also appeared in Harlan Ellison's anthology Dangerous Visions, with the story "Go, Go, Go, Said the Bird."[2]

Recognition[]

Her poem "Corruption of Metals" won the Rhysling Award of the Science Fiction Poetry Association in 1978.[3]. 

Her best-known work of science fiction is the story "When I Was Miss Dow", which has been reprinted numerous times and received a retrospective James Tiptree, Jr. Award in 1995.[1]

Publications[]

Poetry[]

  • Poems. Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 1970.
  • Stretching Fence. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 1975.
  • A Paper Raincoat: Poems. Orono, ME: Puckerbrush Press, 1976.
  • Pomegranate. Binghampton, NY: Bellevue Press, 1977.
  • Constellations of the Inner Eye. Orono, ME: Puckerbrush Press, 1980.
  • Kingdom of Lost Waters. Boise, ID: Ahsahta Press, 1983.
  • Carrying What You Love: Poems. Greensboro, NC: Avisson Press, 1996.

Novels[]

  • Planet Patrol. New York: Coward, McCann, & Geohegan, 1978.
  • Palace of Earth (edited by Constance Hunting). Orono, ME: Puckerbrush Press, 1984.
  • The Far Traveller. La Cross, WI: Juniper Press, 1980.

Short fiction[]

Anthologized[]

  • Nebula Award Stories 2 (edited by Harry Harrison & Brian W. Aldiss). Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1967.
  • One Hundred Years of Science Fiction (edited by Damon Knight). New York: Simon & Schuster, 1968.
  • Rising Tides: 20th century American women poets (edited by by Laura Chester, Sharon R Barba, & Anaïs Nin). New York: Washington Square Press, 1973.
  • Women of Wonder: Science fiction stories by women for women (edited by Pamela Sargent). New York: Vintage, 1974.
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The Putnam Tradition Sonya Dorman Audiobook


Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[5]

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References[]

Notes[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dorman, Sonya, Authors, Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Web, Feb, 11, 2013.
  2. ↑ Dangerous Visions (edited by Harlan Ellison) (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1967), 404-411. Print.
  3. ↑ Rhysling Award, Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (third edition). Web, Feb. 11, 2013.
  4. ↑ S. Dorman,The Putnam Tradition," Project Gutenberg, 2008. Web, July 12, 2014.
  5. ↑ Search results = au:Sonya Dorman, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, July 12, 2014.

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